Interpretation of Law in the Global World: From Particularism to a Universal Approach

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jemielniak, Joanna (Editor), Miklaszewicz, Przemyslaw (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Law.; Political science.; Law > Philosophy.; Criminal law.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Public international law.; Public International Law.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Criminal Law.; Fundamentals of Law.; Philosophy of Law.

The volume examines the impact of applying transnational rules on the repertory, methods and practice of legal interpretation. It scrutinizes how globalization processes in law - those reaching top-down (such as European law), as well as those developing bottom-up (such as the new lex mercatoria and...